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1 Copyright © 2013 by Oklahoma History Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved

2 Copyright © 2013 by Oklahoma History Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved Unit 6 Coming of Age Downtown Tulsa has undergone many changes in recent years.

3 Copyright © 2013 by Oklahoma History Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved Chapter 25 The New Century April 19, 1995 Governor Frank Keating Oklahoma City MAPS Project Tulsa Redevelopment Program Oklahoma Agriculture Private Industry in Corrections

4 Copyright © 2013 by Oklahoma History Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved Chapter 25 The New Century Twister, May 3, 1999 Governor Brad Henry Republican Majority Indian Gaming Nine-Eleven War With Iraq

5 Copyright © 2013 by Oklahoma History Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1.Why was the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building called “the worst act of terrorism in history?” 2.Identify: Timothy McVeigh Terry Nichols Branch Davidians Stephen Jones Michael Tigar Larry Fortier Richard Matsch

6 Copyright © 2013 by Oklahoma History Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 3.Why do you think the crime rate in Oklahoma City dropped immediately following the bombing? 4.Describe the tragedy that occurred on May 3, 1999, and its effects. 5.Describe the major change in corrections in the last five years. 6.Discuss the effects of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

7 Copyright © 2013 by Oklahoma History Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved Rescue workers stand in the crumbling ruins of the Murrah Federal Building.

8 Copyright © 2013 by Oklahoma History Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved Governor Frank Keating

9 Copyright © 2013 by Oklahoma History Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved On a sunny day, the inside of the new capitol dome is alive with varied colors.

10 Copyright © 2013 by Oklahoma History Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved Almost everything in the path of the 1999 tornado in the Oklahoma City area was either damaged or destroyed, from furniture to cars to houses. Damage was in the millions of dollars.

11 Copyright © 2013 by Oklahoma History Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved A dejected man sits on a pew amid the ruins of a Tulsa church which has been blown away by a tornado.

12 Copyright © 2013 by Oklahoma History Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved Governor Brad Henry

13 Copyright © 2013 by Oklahoma History Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved Maj. Dan Crouch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mosul, Iraq along with other U.S Army Corps of Engineer employees traveled to two schools located in the northern Iraq province of Dohuk to deliver school supplies and candy donated from Missouri residents.

14 Copyright © 2013 by Oklahoma History Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved Soldiers form the 1 st Brigade Combat Team, 1 st Armored Division secure the landing zone after exiting UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the 101 st Airborne Division, during a hunt for insurgents and weapons caches in the Al Jazeera Desert.

15 Copyright © 2013 by Oklahoma History Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved On September 11, 2001, two planes hijacked by men associated with al Qaeda crashed into the World Trade Center in New York. The buildings burned before they crashed to the ground.

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